The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/09/11 at 18:00 EDT

Episode Date: September 11, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/09/11 at 18:00 EDT

Hugh is a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire, and then someone killed him. It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it. Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Kate McGilfrey. Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled his first list of nation-building projects. He made that announcement in Edmonton.

We used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly. It's time to get back at it, and it's time to get on with it. That starts with getting out of the way. The list includes an expansion of a liquefied natural gas facility in Kittamat, B.C. a new facility to produce small modular nuclear reactors in Ontario, an expansion of the Port of Montreal, a copper mine in Saskatchewan, and the expansion of a copper in gold mine in northwestern BC. Carney says a second list of projects will be released by mid-November. That announcement is getting some cautious approval from one of Ottawa's fiercest critics. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's hopeful.

When I looked at the first five projects, I thought finally they get it because it. It's all the projects that have been difficult to build. And I've seen that the prime ministers talked about supporting both conventional and new energy, and I think we're seeing that with some of these early announcements. And I would just ask people to be patient. Smith says there is still work to do on the overall investment climate, and she will be focused on that. The National Hockey League says five Canadian players acquitted of sexual assault can play again.

The professional status of Dylan DuBay, Cal Foot, Alex Formanton, Carter Hart and Michael McLeod had been up in the air. They were suspended from the NHL during legal proceedings, but all were found not guilty earlier this summer in connection to an incident dating back to 2018. The NHL now says after careful evaluation, the players will be eligible to sign contracts with teams on October 15th and begin play by December 1st.

It adds that moving forward, it expects each of the players will uphold standards of conduct required both on and off the ice. Authorities in Utah say Charlie Kirk's killer is still at large. The FBI released images of a person of interest which show a young man wearing a hat and sunglasses. The popular conservative commentator was fatally shot during a rally yesterday. Willie Lowry reports. Combing through the woods near Utah Valley University, investigators said they found the rifle the shooter used to kill Charlie Kirk.

Here's Bo Mason, the commissioner for Utah's Department of Public Safety. After the shooting, we were able to track his movements as he moved to the other side of the building, jumped off of the building, and fled off of the campus and into a neighborhood. Authorities adding, they believe the suspect is male and college age. Kirk's death continues to reverberate across this country. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to bestow the country's highest civilian honor on the Young Conservative. I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom. No date has been set, but the president said he expected a large turnout for the event. Willie Lowry, CBC News, Washington.

Brazil's former president, Jayao Bolsonaro, has been convicted of plotting a coup to stay in power. The majority of a five-member panel of the nation's Supreme Court also found him guilty of being part of an armed criminal organization. The populist leader had been accused of attempting to overturn the 2022 presidential elections, which he lost to Lula de Silva. Bolsonaro denies his involvement in the plot and calls the court case a witch hunt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed off on a controversial plan to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank. The so-called E-1 project will cut off East Jerusalem from other Palestinian lands. Netanyahu saying there will never be a Palestinian state.

The expansion would create a circle of. of Israeli settlements around East Jerusalem, closing off the possibility of there ever being a contiguous Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem. Most of the international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Kate McGilvery.